Work-box.



No. 740,288. PATBNTBD SEPT. 29, 1903. L.R.LANB." I

WORK BOX.

' APPLIUATIUN TILED BEPTPZO, 1902.

I N0 MODEL.

-lge l UNITED STATES Patented September29, 19 03;

P ENT OFF E;

WOR -Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,?88, dated September 29, 19 03.

Application filed September 20, 1902. Serial No. 124,133. (No model.) h

To all whom it may concern: l Be it known that I, LAWRENCE R. LA a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakmont, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Work-Boxes, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in work-boxes; and the object of .the invention isprimarily to construct a work-box with meansfor holding a series of spools of thread in positionand on wrapping or unrolling the threadfrom each spool at a common point through the wall of side of the workbox and to provide means for cutting off the thread by a knife or like device carried by the work-box at a point convenient to that where the threads are drawn out of the box. p

Further objects of my invention reside in the novel arrangement, construction, and

combination whereby a useful, handy, and

efficient device is produced, as will be hereinafter more specifically described and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which-- i Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved work-box, partially broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, showing the lid or top in the open position. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the front wall or side of the born-showing the catch of the lid and the knife mechanism for cutting the thread.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a box 1, which in the presentillustration is shown as snbstantially'rectangular in form, though this is not essential, as other desired forms of boxesmay be used. To this box is hinged a suitable lid or cover 2, and in one end of the box" is arranged a drawer 3, which which may only be opened after the lid has been opened, and to this end I provide an interior transverse partition 3' and" horizontal partition 5. Through the latter I provide an aperture 4., which when the drawer is closed registers with an aperture 4! in one wall of eye of the arm 10.

the drawer and receives the locking-pin 4..

.The outer end of the drawer 3 is enlarged and fits against the side wall of the box or casing. Placed against the partition 3' is a cushion 6, used for pins, needles, and the like, and admore thimble-holders 11. To the inner face of the lid 2 is secured a series of keepers 12 for holding the various articles desired, and a needle-case 13 may also be affixed to the in ner face of the lid, clearly shown in Fig. 2.

which are adapted to receive the several spools 7. In devices of this nature frequently a series of different-colored spools of thread are employed, and by the aid of my invention I am enabled to unwind any desired colored thread from its spoolwithout in any manner interfering with the other spools of thread within the box. To this end I preferablyarrange the shafts 7 in rows, as shown, mounting a spool on each shaft, and the respective shafts are provided with thread-receiving arms 8, 9, and 10, respectively. The arm 10 is provided with three vertically-disposed eyes, the arm 9 with two vertically-disposed eyes, and the arm 8 with one eye 'at its upper end. The eyes at the upperend of each of the arms are in alinement, and the thread 1 1 from the spool 14 farthest awayfrom the front of the box is passed through each of the eyes, the thread 14 from the intermediate spools is passed through the lower eye of the arm 9and the intermediate eye of the arm 10, while'the thread from the spool closest to the front ofthe box is conducted through the lower The threads 14E are passed through openings 14 in' the front of the box, and held in a spring-knife 15, fastened by a screw or like device 15 to the outer face of the front of the box. The box on its inner front face carries a spring-catch 17, which engages the small plate 18, carried by the lid 2. The spring-catch 17 carries a stud or pin 10, which operates or extends through an opening inthe front of the box,

and when the lid is opened this pin holds the spring-knife 15 extended, so that either thread desired may be drawn outwardly until the desired amount is unwound from the this arrangement being The bottom of the x box lhas affixed thereto a series of shafts 7,

1jacent the other end of the box are one or spool and at which time it is drawn across the knife to sever the same. The closing of the lid forces the catch 17 inwardly andallows the spring-knife 15 to lie in close engagement with the front of the box, so as to firmly hold the threads. The spring-catch 17 is of a form which will permit the opening of the lid by upward pressure on the front edge thereof. p

While I have herein shown and described my invention in detail as it is practiced by me, yet it will be observed that various changes may be made therein without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described myinvention, what' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A work-box comprising a box, shafts mounted in alinement in the box for supporting spools of thread, arms mounted on said shafts having guide-eyes formed at the upper ends thereof, for receiving the thread from said spools, one of said arms having a plurality of eyes, each of the eyes being adapted to receive the thread from one of said spools, an opening in the box opposite said arm, for receiving the threads, and means for severing the threads and for securing the ends of said threads uponthe outside of the box, substantially as described.

2. In a work-box, the combination with a box having openings in the side thereof, and a severing means'disposed between the same on the outside of the box, of shafts mounted within the box for supporting spools of thread thereon, arms carried by the shafts, said arms having vertical portions carrying guide-eyes at their upper ends for the thread from said spools, the arms nearest the openings in the side of the box having a plurality of guide-eyes to receive the threads from each of the spools and guide the same separately to the openings in the box, and said severing means adapted to hold the ends of the thread on the'outside of the box, substantially as described.

3. In a work-box, the combination of a'box having two openings in the side thereof and severing means interposed between the same on theoutside of the box, shafts mounted within said box for supporting spools of thread, arms carried by said shafts, said arms having outwardly-extending portions and vertical portions, the vertical portions having guide-eyes at the upper ends thereof for receiving the thread 'from the spools, the arms nearest the openings in the box having a plurality of guide-eyes adapted to each receive the thread from one of the spools and guide the same in separated condition from the other threads to the openings in the side of the box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAWVRENOE R. LANE.

In presence of JOHN GROETZINGER, J. G. HERRON. 

